The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1904, Page 9

TH N FRANCISCO CATL, WE ) U WAREH 10°BE WARNED' OF SUPERVISORS [SEMEN O ASK EUNDS Board of \\:ll'k\ \\111 Order | of “Goods Stored School l)uw'tor\‘ Want an Appropriation to Improve Remaval by Them on.the Sidewalks| Sanitation of Buildings| 00D WGRK BEING DONE| MONEY NOT AVAILABLE - >~ | — Bt Will Co-operate With the| e Firm-Out of Eighty | Disvegards the " Notice to| - Health Beard in Correct-! Bewove the Obstructions| ing the Bad (undltwna %o ‘ AT T . of Public Works dent Roncovieripf the Board or' vest nt’ a communication yes- z agair ¢ the tter request that be taken to remedy the un- nitgry condition of the drainage and ate steps {'plumbing in the Pacific Helghts Do 13 Sch Roncovieri submits a list of - . s which, he says, are in worse t Sad condition from a samitary point of - n the Pacific Heights School. 1unication contin Lir t has. 100,080 fire tz )ns(cvday remaining bricks poration y uid be ma He was in- would have to f moving the 5050 poration yard amount- practically the on and e ftem was le committee, under entire b d willing at all honorable board ove the general o we respectfully = st ter of re- Baucation g the of Supervisors for a , imorove the sanitary By morove the sanitary u streets be take: E o The Board of Supervisors . the firm wiedge of the subjects reasona time to e sidewslt yther warehouse- s the side- ~ UNSANITARY SCHOOLROOMS. ice to remove e { € Dr. ¥Frank J. Tillman, District r W ard stated that Health Officer, Files Report. 2 ces served in the Acting under instructions from but one had been Health Officer D. F. Ragan, the dis- gard a wvalks are trict health officers are inspecting the a ns. Wood- | public school buildings as to their san- i says & of the jtary condition. “The Board of Health practice | ijs determined to have all existing evils keeping g s alks is | corrected and where it is found that .- 8. 1 on foun- | the health of the pupils is endangered, " PR . e remove | the school will be ordered closed until s o T the necessary repairs and alterations 5 : are made. District Health Officer Dr. . . rank J. Tillman has filed a report > h Dr. Ragan relative to the condi- N tion of the Spring Valley Schoel on between Polk and Larkin PLAN. PRESENTATION OF rt states that the main build- DUBOIS . ntains twelve classrooms, two of SACRED CANTATA ing co which are built in the yard and a store I : w '{ Be Sung by | ,; Broadway and Larkin street is rent- arge at the Church ed for another class, In the main Advent. building are two basins without vents e and one Is used at such infrequent in- tervals that the trap is d The roof and on the mi oor the en- tire ¥ U,)» of one wall S0 drenched from the rain that all of the plastering 7 night. The | a5 been loosened and the blackboards e Friday of have been warped out of place. The g could be | lower rooms are dark and electric lights musical ex- | are necessary on cloudy days. < rkest | The classrooms occupied by the > . | youngest pupils are extremely dark. 1[";" They are constructed of rohgh lumber of the | and have weather strips that do not ' | keep out the rain. Dr. Tillman says that in one room he found a puddie of water that extended the whole length of the room. He also found the lava- tories in a bad condition and says that they cannot be condemned too soon. | 5e Dr. Tillman's report will be acted upon ve Eiven Dy .2!at the next meeting of the Board of P ey S Health. of the church, and - E rtunate in securing A GREAT SCREEN SALE. f e oloists from P bo of the A Beneficial Offer at Pattosien’s Re- f the singers occupy | tiring Sale. s of prominence and the | Sereens in oak or mahogany. 5 feet ata are to be | wide and 5 feet high, filled with the George, solo | best silkoline. in all shades; the $3.50 | quality for $i.50. e e———— Burglar Is Sentenced. Burt Short, who pleaded guilty in Judge Dunne’s court to two charges of burglary, was sentenced vesterday {to serve ten years in San Quentin on ach charge, the sentences to run con- currently. Short entered the room of Mrs. R. A. Keener, 620 Turk street, on | December 20, and the room of W. G. Presbyterian tenor of Cal- urch; Alfred C.| e of the Tenth-avenue h of Oakland, and Harry ss0 of the First Congre- ross the bay. The will be Miss Ruth slanche E. Young, Mrs. Miss Rose Broderick, Miss C. O. Henley, George W. i W Kneiss. Rea Hanna the new organ of the | was recently recon- 1 ar ated ————— Accused of Burglary. 18 booked at the \1»,.: | ber 24. —_——— Wedding Invitations. | We give special attention to prevailing | by Detectiv "V | forms and engrave visiting cards, wed- P joctives Regan | gyng invitations and announcements cor- a charge of bur- | rectly and reasonably. Monograms, crest | used of entering rooms | and address dies made to order.” San hester Hotel on Thirq | Por® Veil & Co., 741 Market st. stealing comforters, pxllowsi les. J Ne on w 2y ————— Austrian law permits boys and girls | to marry at the age of 14 years. ADV'F.ETISEIENT& THERE IS A RIGHT WAY and a WRONG WAY ——TO BURN GAS—— A burner with a “3-Foot” consuming 5 feet of Gas ! tip consuming 5 feet of Gas g Good light. giving Poor light. If your Gas Burners are unsatisfactory send word fo the Gas Company, addressing the “Gas Information Bureaw.” A\ burner with a “s-Foot” Health Board in answer | immedi- | NOTED SINGER WILL APPEAR IN CONCERTS — — | | | Mme. Schumann-Heink to Fill Engagement at Athambra. The world's greatest contralto, Mme. hur -Heink, will be heard in this y in three delightful song pro- grammes at the Alhambra Theater Tue: and Thursday nights and Sat- urday matinee next week. The programmes will embrace some of the greatest arias ever composed for the contralto voice and songs by Schu- mann, Schubert, Richard Strauss, Hugo Wolf, Arditi, Liszt and other great composers. No singer that®has been | here with the big opera companies has ad more friends and admirers than chumann-Heink, and when the box office opens at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s to-morrow morning a long li 4 chasers may be expected. traltos are rare and the public Schumann-Heink will receive a warm welcome. SRR S PRISONERS SAVE (CITY EXPEN or TRIALS Fred Raabe Jr. Pleads Guilty to Rob bery and Yeong Cheong to Receiving Stolen Goods. Fred Raabe Jr. appeared before ud Dunne yesterday for trial on two charges of robbery. He withdrew his former plea of not guilty and} Thy sen- pleaded guilty to both charges. Judge ord d him to appear for tence on Saturday. Raabe and two other vouths held up Eugene E. Cerf of 1125 Octavia street at Post and Franklin streets on the night of January 10, taking from him a watch and The following night at Oc d Fell streets Frank Heissner of 1716 Bryant street was held up by Raabe and his two companions. Raabe struck him on the head with the butt end of a re- volver and relieved him of $3 Yéong Cheor a Chinese, pleaded guilty to a charge of re also eiv- ing stolen goods a be sente on Saturday. H Chi small boys emplo: jewelry and other articles, paying the boy value. The gainst hlm was small percentage of their complaining witness ag: Quan Chong, a mf‘r\hmt at 824 Washington street. = !Jl'll\’ FINDS BALLARD | } GUILTY OF ROBBERY | | Is an Ex-Convict and Has Been Known | for Years as a User of Knock- i out Drops. Frank Ballard, alias Alan Dale, an b onvist- s femibators & jury in }Judge Dunne's | charge of robbery. The jury was out |only ten minutes. Ballard held up Thomas Cronin, an old man, outside a saloon on Commercial street, near | Kearny, on October 19 and took a {gold watch from him. The prosecu- | tion was weakened by the fact that | Cronin had left the city, but his evi- Howard, 800 Sutter street, on Decem/ dénce taken at the preliminary hear- | ing was read. Ballard will be sen- | tenced on April 5. | Ballard's conviction has given the greatest satisfaction to the Police De- partment, as he was looked upon as | one of the most dangerous crooks in the city. He has been known for |years as a ‘“knockout drops artist’ and about a year ago he escaped con viction on a charge of having such drops in his possession, Judge Cook giving a decision that the ordinance under which the charge was made was defective. Ballard has already terms in State prison. —_—— FRIENDS CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF A WRITER served three Galen Clark, the Yosemite pioneer, was tendered a reception Monday by his friends in celebration of his of his book on the Indians of the Yo- semite, which has just been issued. A statement was read showing that nearly 1000 copies of the book had al- ready been subscribed for and that the total profit would be more than $1500, all of which will go to the aged writer. J. J. Lermen, treasurer of the publi- cation fund, presented Clark with a check for the balance on hand and who was one of Clark’s best friends. Clark’s health was drunk by all present. ——— . Husband Threatens Her. Mrs. Mary Shea, 32" Norfolk street, secured a warrant from Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday for the arrest of her husband, Michael, on a charge of threats to kill. She said she and her | | husband had been living apart and she | had been working hard to° support ! herself and family. He was a heavy | drinker and a victim of the morphine habit and had frequently threatened to take her life. court yesterday on a ! ninetieth birthday and the publication | paid a tribute 1o the late W. W. Foote, | BUSINESS MEN 10 MAKE TOURS State Board of Trade Will Run Special Excursion to the St. Louis Exposition MANY GUESTS EXPE(‘TED’ —— Promotion Committee Com- pletes Arrangements for | Trip to Southern Counties —_———— (Girl Who Gave The California State Board of Trade | !is arranging for a royal excursion of | California merchants, manufacturers and producers to St. Louis. A special train will be rin under the manage- ment of the California State Board of Trade about the middle of May, when the Louisiana Purchase Exposition_ will be well under way. The expectation is that a large num- ber of representative men of this State | will take the trip, the purpose of which lis to m at St. Lonis a demonstra- | tion for California and also to afford an opportunity to journey to and from | and view the exposition attractions un- | der the most favorable and agreeable ircumstances possible, The Board ¢f Trade has selected the middie of May as the time for starting because the weather will then be de- lightful in St. Louis and overland travel will be Round trip tickets will be $67 50 each, first class and ninety | days’ time will be given to return, so { that the party zoing in & body may. re- { turn at leisure individually. Choice of | routes returning is also given without extra charge. Fletcher of the Cali- fornia State Board of Trade is mak- ing the nec ry arrangements, and reservations should be made with the board as early as possible. Mr. Fletch- er's long experience as a railroad mand makes certain that the excursion will be well handled All the details for the third excur- sion in this State of the California Pro- motion Committee have been arranged. An extra Pullman car has been ordered to be attached to the train at Los An- geles and about twenty-five prominent men from that place will accompany the party on the trip to San Pedro, San Diego, Santa Ana, Riverside, Red- lands and Pasadena, covering two day travel. There will be included in the party representatives from the Sacra- mento Valley Development Association, | the California Central Coast Counties | Improvement Association and the Joaquin Valley Commercial Asso tion. Holders of tickets may make berth ntation of tickets headquarters of the committee, | 25 New Montgomery street, to-morrow morning at 9 ¢'clock. It is particularly requested that those desiring to join the excursion who have not yet regis- | t l’Ld do so at once. The following have egistered to dat F. H. Ame: A|ken Edward P. An-| ron, Leo M.'S. Alexander, J. | W. Amrach, Abbott Jr., L. Amnstein, E. L. Atkinson, Fisher Ames, H. U. Branden- | stein, Paul Bancroft, Charles Brandenstein, H. F. Band, Fred W. Harry Befbcock. David Busl Henry Brun: Bernhard, J. . Beard, Deamer, John T. Dare, , Charles W. J. Fontana, Thomas _William Guss- Gregor, John L. ! M. Harris, . Hale, John Harry Howell, A. G. Hager- Irwin, David Charles W. B. Lathrop, C. Lyman, H Colonel . Koster, T P Morrell, W. H ught, F. etson, H. , Ar- Payot, S V. Politeo, Alex Peers, H. O. Palen, J. M. Patrick, J. 1. Pedler, Willlam | Rieger, P. C. Rossi, D. L. Randolph, W. G. R n, David Rich, Rufus M. S V. | har, 5. H. Sherwood. Carl H. F. nchneely, 4 ner, R. L. X Whitney. Whee- lan, Wiiliam M. Weil, Gustave | Wormser, | —_—————— POPULAR BUSINESS MAN IS BANQUETED BY ASSOCIATES o Employes of the Firm of Newman & Levinson Honor Louis Block, Who Contemplates Change. Louis Block, who has been in the employ of the firm of Newman & Levinson for the last seventeen years, was tendered a complimentary ban- quet by his fellow employes on Sat- urday evening last. The occasion of the function was the severance of ir. Block's connection with the firm, ‘as he is about to represent a large New York house on this coast. Cov- ers were laid for thirty and the gueat of the evening occupied the head of | the table, while opposite him Mr. | Ballingall filled the office of chair- ! man and toastmaster in his usual gen- | | ial manner. l Songs were sung by Mr. Ballingall, { Mr. Bremner and Mr. Bestandig, the | latter giving an origindl composition depicting the thoughts, feelings and | sentiments which were supposed to oc- | cupy Mr. Block's mind., Complimen- | tary speeches were made by every one | present. The menu was rather orlg-‘ inal in its way and was ornamented | with a well executed picture of Mr. | Block. i | | i i | The following named véere present: L. Block, Dr. Newman, T. C. Wilson, R. Newman, E. Boyle, J. Lowenthal, G. St. J. Bremner, A. Clark, I. Cohen, 8. Bestandig, G. Aurich, J. Frisch, A. ' Nicholson, H. B. Symes, 8. Simon, E. Newman, F. Simon, G. Sandy, J. Mc- Manus, H. Maloney, I. Newman, J. | Templeton, Mr. Nichol, F. McCarty ;and A. C. Ballingall. —_———— The Best of AllL 1 To bring your friends or mother or family from Eastern ice and snow to the | glorious climate of California is to do | the best of all. Santa Fe cheap eolnni-'. rates are good . | during March and April. You can pay ! the money here and the ticket will be de- livered in the East by telegraph. Why not send? If interested, ask about it at 641 Mar- | ket street, San Francisco. The Santa JFe is the Best Way. ——— Portugal is the most illiterate coun- try in Europe; nearly 68 per cent | of her population cannot write. In Italy the proportion of illiterates is 53 per cent; in Russia, 36 per cent; Spain, 9 per cent, and in Britain mt quite 4 percent. CHILD SAVES CONVICTED MEN —— False Test mony in Chicago Repudi- ates Damaging Statements Skt PRISONERS AN S Charges Are Withdrawn and | the Five _ers Obtain Their Freedom b G NEAR DEATH | Alleged Murder- | | { 1 CHICAGO, March 29.—A child's testi- | aved five men to-day The result was a mony reversed from the gallows. striking paraliel to the case in which | lionaire Peter Van demonstrated a fortnight ago Mi Vlissinger practicall that under police pressure a boy named | Wiltrs had given false testimony, leading to the conviction of the boy's | father for murder. To-day's instance ¢f youthful ‘unre- liability under oath was in the case of | William McCarty and four Polish young men, on trial for murder, the witness being a little girl, who first gave direct, straightforward, eya-witness testimony, apparently es- tablishing beyond tion the guilt of the men, sworn evidence. In explanation of the change of front the child declared that she had been instructed how to testify the widow of the murdered man. Charges against the prisoners were Apollinia Starista, | and then repudiated her remarkable | withdrawn by the State's attorney, the | five men walking out of the dock lree by order of the court. e ADVERTISEMENTS. IND the chair shine a convenience ? Can't call it a comfort. Haven't you felt a cold shiver when black - daubed hands turned up your trou- sers? And when you've paid your dime for a sticky coat of turpentine and lampblack you can’t feel that your shoes are clean. The “convenience” doubtful, too. Takes ten minutes at least. A three-minute session at isabit home with Regal Shoe | Dressing will give you a real | shine; a smooth, clean, dura- ble, satiny shine for some- thing under a cent. (Incidentally a shine that dresses the leather—makes it pliant and supple.) Atall Regal Stores—25 Cents. Re al Dressing qfid”&[oannd%i REGAL| THE SHOE THAT PROV!I There are 72 Regal Stores, 22 of them in Greater New York, where the styles originate. The ne our San Francisco it gggre at the same time as in the New York Stores. San Francisco Store, Cor. Geary & Stockton Sts | auid - (New) HOTELBUTLER SEATTLE. of $260,000—New Management—EN FIREPROOF. LOCATION—Very accessible ‘o lines, theaters, etc, FEUROPEAN PLAN. 223 ROOMS with LUXURIOUS BATHS - Several private roems in antique decorations, Turkish Baths in Hotel UNSURPASSED RESTAURANT, De Stei- ger, Chef, formerly of Waldorf-Astoria and Chet 7o Prince of Wales, HOTEL ORCHESTRA: Talephone Conmac- tions in every room; long distance connections made with any part of the coast. ‘Wire for reservations, at our expense. BUTLER HOTEL, Seattie. MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENTS. BASEBALL! ‘unxunn vs. SAN FRANGISCO RECREA’ ;fi PAKK. lkh'gl; and ursday, Friday, 5:30 p. m. 27 street _car | i | | | | | | | yles are on sale at | REMODELED AND REBUILT at cx’eu-‘ Usual Popular Prices. TIRELY | Proscenium and M — Mr. Pickwick ___HOTELS AND RESORTS. s | | That everybody should ses who waais to be I cheerfui. | Fisiea with actual Novelties, PRAGERS Don’t Forget ThisIs the Last Wednesday of the Month. There Will Be Something Doing At Pragers. Don’t Miss It. rager. ALWAYS RELIABLE " GOLUMBlA sn e | MEGHANIGS' PAVILION 2 LEADINS Mlfl’ {LAST 4 NIGHTS_MATINEE SATURDAY MARY MANNERING (Management Frank McKee.) In Leo Ditrichstein’'s New Modern Comedy, HARRIET’S HONEYMOON Next Sunday—German Performance—Alameda Lustspiel Ensemble in ““Das Opferlamm.’ NEXT WEEK—F. Ziegfeld Jr. Presents ANNA HELD = eciic. 1SEAT SALE 9 DAYS, STARTING SATURDAY, APRIL 2, NORRIS & ROWE’S NEW BIG SHOWS CIRCUS, MENAGERIB MUSEUM, HIPPODROME Just Twice Larger than Ever Before 8- RINGS “:54E RINGS-2 A NEW CIRCUS THROUGHOUT ARENIC ARTISTS AND ANIMAL ACTORS ccess, MAM'SELLE NAPOLEON 100 PEOPLE WILL OPEN THURSDAY | HANDSOMES I CHORUS IN THE WO..LD | Admission—A. seats—Adults 'GRAN] THIS WEEK ONLY— Fiske ren 15c. Reserved c. Box seats $l. OPERA HOUSE MAT SATURDAY. In Ibsen's Play, HEDDA GABLER BIG ..NEW ACTS... Five Mowats; Mazuz and Mazett; Coakley and' McBride; Wesson, Walters and Wesson; James H. Tt s Onlpna; | | Mon., Tues., Wed. and{ _ Friday. | Thursday atinee. | and and | “A BIT OF OL *“A BIT OF OLD , B CHELSEA." CHELSEA."™ ., | SEATS READY T'\~){'\RRF‘W M"RN[NG. Taffary’s Dogs; Billy Clifford and Adelina Roattino and Clara Stevens. | 'ALCAZA Regular Matinees every Wednesday, Thurs- | day, Saturday and Sunday. Prices, 10c, 23¢ and 50e. CALIFORNIA A MYSTERY That Completely Baflles Solution. ANNA EVA FAY In her great sensation, “SOMNOLENCY” MATINEE FOR LADIES ONLY TO-DAY. Belasco & Mayer, Proprietors. et D Price. 1 Manages. AT ® ro-mn—-.n-. Sat. and Sua. LAST WEEK of Wagner’s Impressive Miracle Play, «..PARSIFAL... The music by an orchestra of Twenty. Evgs., 25¢ to §l. Mats. Sat. & Sun., 25¢ to TSa Next MONDAY—Easter Week Only. s 2 On the Quiet s Comedy, William Collier's Greatest Success. Regular Prices Then Resumed. GENTRAL=E: MAY Market ot., near Eighth. Phone South 388 TO-NIGHT. LAST THE HUSTLER TIME OF THE FARCE-COMEDY EXTRAI! BY SPECIAL n-:tu'r' TO-MORROW NIGHT_FO MATINEES SATURDAY AND HERSCHEL MAYALI— In His Greatest Impersonation, RIP VAN WINKLE. Evenings. Matiness Sunday—America's funniest, biggest farce, M8FADDEN'S FLATS. TIVOLIg2 SECOND WEEK AND TREMENDOUS SUCCESS OF A Mueical Comedy in Two Acts, Based om Charles Dickens' Masterpiece. Initial Appearance Here of DORA DE FILLIPPE The Eminent Lyric MATINEE SATURDAY. Glark's Comedy Dog Circus And & Great Show Every Afternoon and Evening in the Theater. |"‘l!\'.lol' YOURSELF IN CARABET DE LA MORT. ANIMALS FROM ALL CLIMES IN THE 200, VISIT THE MYSTIC MIRROR MAZE. Take a TRIP DOWN THE FLUME. AMATEUR NIGHT THURSDAY. Admission, 10c; Children, 3c. __When Phoning Ask for “The - SCHUMANN- EINK SEATS READY TO-MORROW SHERMAN, GLAY & €0.'S. PRICES $2.00, $1.50 and $1.Ud. COSTS BUT LITTLE. An_Ambitious, Funny Turki NEEDED BY ALL. Lyric Comedy, KISMET Songs, Dances, Specialties. RESERVED SEATS -Nights, 25, 50c a Saturday and Sunday Matinees. 25c and | Matinees, 10¢ and 25c, Racing: NEW CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. Racing Each Week Da . Rain or Shine. Six or HMore Races Daily. Races commence at 2:15 p. m. sharp. For special mmnmcn’a I.P.m(M.‘w at 12, 12. 1:00, 1:30 oF 2 'clock. No smoking In last cars, which are reserved for and thet